Arch Aluminum & Glass Co. Inc. of Tamarac, Fla. will be opening a full-service glass and aluminum facility in Salt Lake City by the end of the first quarter of 2006.

The plant will be built initially to handle national OEM accounts that have committed to locate manufacturing facilities near Salt Lake City to serve the west coast, a company news release indicated.

"We are fortunate to have customers that give us this opportunity to expand Arch's geographical foot print with minimum risk," said Leon Silverstein, president and chief executive officer of the company. "These are the type of relationships that are built up over years with good customers that challenge us to become a better company."

The new facility will have a state-of-the-art, multi-bay convection tempering furnace and the ability to provide the full range of products that most Arch operations have, including insulated, laminated, mirror, decorative glass and architectural aluminum products, according to the news release.

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